OFFICIAL BIO
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, waterfalls and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation. His sound continued to develop as he put his own twist on the approach, recording with a crop of jazz musicians including the indispensable likes of bassist Thundercat and strings master Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. This process began with the turbulent 2010 set Cosmogramma and peaked in terms of acclaim in 2014 with You're Dead!, which crashed the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and spawned the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me," a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Ellison devoted a few years to various forms of film work and the operation of his revered Brainfeeder label, and returned in 2019 with Flamagra, his second consecutive album to top Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart.

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Singer Songwriter. Stoke-on-Trent.

New single The Only Ones out now!

Singer/songwriter from Stoke on Trent. I mainly play and write country/americana/folky tunes. Enjoy playing on the local open mic scene. 

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Yokshire based DJ & Producer.

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THE CONTROL (being a gentle nod to singer Joe Brennan-Hulme’s appearance in a Joy Division feature) were formed in Stoke on Trent, 2008 on less than a whim. There are no ‘right’ ways to form a band but it could probably be said that thirty minutes from introduction, blagging your way on stage at a battle of the bands is wrong. They had no intention of winning of course, not even the intent to compete. Intent was only to begin, there and then.

Young and supple enough to go without sleep; John Burgess, Mike Davies, Richard David Bratt and Joe Brennan-Hulme began to obsess. Through the smoke filled room and can cluttered floor, something truly great had emerged...THE CONTROL.

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